#B1A83E#B1A83E

#B1A83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A83E
RGB	rgb(177, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -9.77, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 54.84, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0315 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.126 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0048, 37.7014, 10.0950)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A83E #3E47B1

analogous

#B16E3E #B1A83E #81B13E

triadic

#B1A83E #3EB1A8 #A83EB1

tetradic

#B1A83E #3EB16E #3E47B1 #B13E81

square

#B1A83E #3EB16E #3E47B1 #B13E81

split-complementary

#B1A83E #3E81B1 #6E3EB1

monochromatic

#56521E #847D2E #B1A83E #C9C164 #D8D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B1A83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B1A83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A83E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A83E	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc179',
    500: '#b1a83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a83e;
$custom-light: #cbc179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A83E

secondary

#878CC4

accent

#5BD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A83E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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